More Reviews! Indie Games, Blacklight: Tango Down, and as asked Limbo

Hi Everyone!

8/4/10 Update: 1Up.com reports that the MW2 demo is now out on PS3 and Xbox 360, 6 months after MW2's release... now we wait for the Black-Ops Demo...

As Aldowyn is out of town, Me and Abujaffer have control for the next week until Sunday...
Now in the meantime Its time for more reviews!

We will start with a select group of Indie Games. (Note: I download the trial versions of games unless I like them)

The First Game Series is Avatar Run, Hurdle and Jump made by UFO Games. Each game Costs 80 MSP

Game 1: Avatar Run

Gameplay: Olympic Running. Short, sweet, to the point!
Controls: A , B in sequence to run
Plot: NO Plot
Final Verdict: Fun game, up to 4 Local MP, NO XBL MP but there is XBL leaderboards. 2 Stars out of 5 for the game it self.

Game 2: Avatar Hurdle

GamePlay: Hurdles Again short sweet to the point

Controls:A and B to run and Y to Jump

Plot: Once Again No Plot.

Final Verdict: Same as Avatar Run... Score Bumped up by half a star to 2.5 out of 5

Game 3: Avatar  Jump

GamePlay Jumping game E.G. Pole Vault

Controls ...

Plot: and again No Plot

Final verdict: Not much to see here but its worth 1.5 out of 5

 

So The avatar sports series gets an avg rating of  2 out of 5 

The next game is BlackLight: Tango Down

GamePlay: Futuristic Modern Warfare

Controls: Typical FPS Controls...

Plot: ??? i havent been able to figure out the plot...

Final Verdict: Get the trial first! you get 1hr of free gameplay and the Counter only counts when your actually playing it doesnt countdown during respawn time. But! for 1200 MSP it isnt worth it in my point of view get it at around 800 MSP or Less. 3.5 out of 5                                                                                

And last BUT certainly not least Limbo!

GamePlay: Side Scroller (Platformer?)

Controls: LS Right , Left Movement A Jump, B Actions

Plot: A Boy doesn't know where his sister went so he enters limbo...

Final Verdict: One of the Best games of the YEAR The only thing that holds me back from giving Limbo a 5 out of 5 is the price. 1200 MSP? 800 MSP is perfect! 4.5 out of 5!

That is all for this post but GOTY nominees will be released on my Live stream on 9/19 at justin.tv/degenerationx123!

I will write later... Bye!

8/22 Update: Forgot to put these in earlier... but Picture Credits Xbox.com

The New Xbox & Kinect Pricing and Split/Second Review

Hi everyone! In 360 News:

$149.99 Retail on Nov. 4

Just Released on July 25 is the Kinect and 360 S Pricing. First, Kinect will drop on November 4 for $149.99 with a copy of Kinect Adventures. Secondly the Xbox 360 S drops on August 3 for a retail price of $199.99 and last but not least the Kinect Bundle, which includes the Kinect system and a 360 S, retail pricing was released and it will cost $299.99 when it drops on November 4. Also something we weren't told about Kinect at E3 was that Kinect has 4GB of Flash Memory built in. Peculiar? Yes. Also, keeping in Microsoft's tradition to release special console bundles for big games a Halo: Reach Console Bundle was announced on July 22 and priced at $399.99 on September 14, the same day the game drops. And in new game news Street Fighter X Tekken (for SF fans made by CapCom) and Tekken X Street Fighter (For Tekken Fans made by Namco) were announced at Comic-Con on July 14. Both games will be on the PS3 and the 360 a release date is TBD.
Now that the news is out of the way the review can begin!Today, I am reviewing Split/Second on of course the Xbox 360. Split/Second was Developed by BlackRock Studios and Released by Disney Interactive the same team that put out Pure, a ATV racing game. Price: $59.99 (Authors Note: I got it a Costco for $30 with a MFR. Discount) GamePlay: Fairly simple! Right Trigger: Accelerator Left Trigger: Brakes A: LVL 1 Power Play B: LVL 2 Power Play RS: Down Backwards Left, Right Sides (Power Plays will be explained in a bit.)Power Plays: Power Plays are parts of the race track that can be blown-up. e.g. Tram Car rigged with explosives.Online MP: The online MP so far out of the 3 modes available only 1 has online activity.Achievements: Split/Second has a grand total of 46 achievements for 1000 Gamerscore. Personally on my gamertag, I have been able to get 27 out of 46 for 430 Gamerscore.

Final Verdict: Split/Second is a fun game but would I pay $59.99? No. get the game at around $25 to $30.Split/Second gets 3.5 out of 5

7/29 Update: 1 Vs. 100 on XBL has been canceled by Microsoft Game Studios as it was a Beta.

Thank you for reading, I'll be back soon -DarkPC

Picture Credits go to G4tv.com, Kotaku.com IGN.com

Indie Games for 360 Reviews!

Hello Again!

Today's is on Indie Game Reviews on the Xbox 360 (of course).

The first game I will review is Super Avatar Hero Force made by UberGeekGames . It is a very simple game to get use to!

Controls: Move RS or LS toward the way you would like to attack but you have to get the timing right or else you would DIE by being eaten by zombie avatars (although they don't look like zombies).

Plot: You become a part of the "Super Avatar Hero Force" and you have to defend the world from a zombie infestation. There are 5 levels in this game, 1 training level and there are 4 other levels that have to do with the plot.

Price: 80 MSPoints  || Final Verdict: I bought it for 80 MSPoints and it's price point is spot on for the kind of game it is. I give Super Avatar Hero Force 2.5 stars out of 5. 

The second game is Avatar Paintball made by DigitalDNA. Once again a very simple game to get if you play alot of shooters because it is a shooter type of game but you are playing paintball.

Controls: Same as any FPS

Plot: THERE IS NO PLOT! its a Online MP Only Game but there is a 1P training mode

Price and Final Verdict: 240 MSPoints The verdict is that this game is fun BUT it is WAY over priced. for a MP only FPS that really should cost maybe 120 MSP but its best price point should be 80 MSP. I give Avatar Paintball 3 stars out of 5.

And my last game is Avatar Racedrome made by Juan Alberto Munoz. (yes I know I put a name instead of a company because one person [supposedly] made this game.)

Controls: Like any race game

Plot: No real plot but there are Practice, Single Race, and Championship modes and a XBL 

MP mode.

Price and Final Verdict: The price for Avatar Racedrome is 80 MSP and it is one of the best XBL Indie Games on the marketplace! I give Avatar Racedrome 4 out of 5

The First Post

Note from the Editor: Welcome our first new author, DarkPC! This doesn't mean I'll be doing any less; rather, it means that there will be more content for you! DarkPC will be focusing on Microsoft and the Xbox 360. Occasionally he might do posts on other topics, and I'll still be doing posts on 360 things, especially on the games themselves.

Hello Readers, I am Christian Canales AKA DarkPC on the internet.

I will be blogging with Aldowyn on video games. Specifically I’ll be blogging on Xbox 360 and other Microsoft video game musings which includes reviews and news. Also you can contact me via Twitter, @DarkPCTV, and on Xbox Live, GamerTag: e345., or shoot me an e-mail to darkpc2@gmail.com Now that the introduction is out of the way let’s talk Microsoft!

Update: New Avatar items coming to the Marketplace on 6/24. I will check them out and tweet later on.

Now, first things first, we have to talk about Kinect and its reveal at E3. Kinect is Xbox’s venture into the so called Motion Control “hype.” I for one believe the hype and actively embrace the motion control gaming “hype.” Kinect in my opinion is the best motion control gaming device with the Wii coming in close second. (Author’s Note: Before all the PS3 Fan boys call for my head, hear me out. I have not tried the Move YET! I’m only listing the motion controls that either I have seen been demoed or I have actually tried. So calm down I will get to the Move Eventually, once I get to either see it being demoed or actually demoed it myself.)

Also a new Xbox 360 Model was revealed at E3. It has a 250GB built-in HDD and built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi. Also it is supposedly slimmer than the current model 360 Elite. No major re-designs on the controller or any other peripheral. I have also heard on the internet via kotaku.com that this 360 doesn’t Red Ring but that was quickly shot as Microsoft said that the ring of light are ONLY green the power sign will be red to signify any errors. Would I get a new 360 slim? No, unless something catastrophic would happen to my 360 elite.

Among some of the games that are coming to the 360 in the next 6-9 months are all the Kinect Games including Dance Central, Kinect Joyride, Kinectmals, etc. The retail games that were announced were, Gears 3, Halo Reach, MGS: Rising, CoD: Black Ops, Fable III (finally!), Crackdown 2, and for anyone loves Sports, ESPN is coming to Live!

That is it for now! I’ll be posting more as more Xbox/Microsoft News comes out!

Thanks for Reading and comeback for more if you can!

-DarkPC

Picture Snippet from news.cnet.com