After waiting for this bugger to load up for what felt like an eternity, at last I can share a word or two on this amazing morning. Why is this morning so amazing? Because for the first time in maybe a month or three, I've actually gotten up early for work.
Feel that disappointment?
Yes, I know that isn't any impressive and as for why I am blogging over something like that. Hmm... I'm not sure! But in any event, here and I am and this is the way it is going to go down.
A few random thoughts here...
- Guitar Hero 3 is what my girlfriend wants to pick up so we can 'challenge' each other. Meh, I've played the second game maybe a half a dozen times at best. She, on the other hand, has been playing it like a crack addict. Seems a little one sided, no?
- WWE SD! vs. Raw 2008 is my answer to her challenge, which, in turn, she will have to play. Just like GH, she has only played games of this series maybe six times or less and I have been the crack addict. We are a weird pair, I will not deny that.
After reading for months about Final Fantasy XIII... it makes me wish I had picked up a PS3 over the 360. At least I wouldn't have to worry about the damned thing overheating, breaking down, growing legs and joining a global invasion from outer space, etc.
Other then that... hmm... nothing else really to say I suppose. Work is still so very fun! (lie) and hell, yesterday was the first day of this huge sale and the particluar section where the store I work is located had a few electrical issues. Well, enough so that they shut down the secion and we all pretty much left early!
It is a sign! Work = BAD. Finding a million dollars on the ground = Why haven't you come to me!?
Oh well. Back to work today, maybe it'll fly by and be over and done before I even know it. Electrical issues: ROUND 2! I need to get back to sleep...
Showing posts with label WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008
So I just signed up with XBox Live today and the very first thing I went for was the demo for the next SD vs. Raw game. Now I'll admit that wrestling games have been my vice, just a game I just get addicted to playing more so then usually whatever else I have at that moment.
Now it isn't really the game itself that gets me hooked, but more the create-a-wrestler mode. God, I can spend hours and hours and hours on that alone. What got me is the fact that apparently, that mode has been improved (much to the dismay of my girlfriend, who still hates the series).
Anyway, back to the demo for the 2008 game and my first impressions of it. It definitely plays much differently then the previous titles. You get more options on how to decimate your opponent and now moves are separated by fighting styles.
Graphics are pretty impressive too, maybe more so for me because I've been playing the 2006 game for the past several years now. So naturally, everything looks a whole lot better. Hell, even the stages for the various shows look pretty damn good.
The demo sports a decent group to try out (Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton & Bobby Lashley). I think that group allows you to try out the highflyer, powerhouse, dirty and technical styles. Maybe there is more and I think there is. But in any event, I cannot remember what it was and so we shall move on.
And move on for me to say that is it! I got nothing else to say besides the game is going to be released at the beginning of next month and personally, that couldn't possibly come soon enough. CM Punk!
Now it isn't really the game itself that gets me hooked, but more the create-a-wrestler mode. God, I can spend hours and hours and hours on that alone. What got me is the fact that apparently, that mode has been improved (much to the dismay of my girlfriend, who still hates the series).
Anyway, back to the demo for the 2008 game and my first impressions of it. It definitely plays much differently then the previous titles. You get more options on how to decimate your opponent and now moves are separated by fighting styles.
Graphics are pretty impressive too, maybe more so for me because I've been playing the 2006 game for the past several years now. So naturally, everything looks a whole lot better. Hell, even the stages for the various shows look pretty damn good.
The demo sports a decent group to try out (Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton & Bobby Lashley). I think that group allows you to try out the highflyer, powerhouse, dirty and technical styles. Maybe there is more and I think there is. But in any event, I cannot remember what it was and so we shall move on.
And move on for me to say that is it! I got nothing else to say besides the game is going to be released at the beginning of next month and personally, that couldn't possibly come soon enough. CM Punk!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Into The Not-So-Distant Future (Video Games To Run Myself Broke Over!)
So I'll be honest here and say there are a shit load of games that are coming in the next few months that has me drooling. Blue Dragon, ladies and gents, is just the tip of the ice burg for me! Wow, I think I hear my wallet crying right now. Check back with me after the Holidays and see if I'm joining in on the water works too (which I just might be after all of these games are released).
Yes, there is Halo 3 (need I say more?) on the way next month, which I think it is fair to say it has developed a decent amount of hype...
Another game worth mentioning, especially since RPGs are so few on the 360, is Eternal Sonata. Music + RPG = Uncertainty, at least in my own mind anyway. I played an RPG on PS2 some years ago that was centered around music. Needless to say, I don't remember putting much more then an hour or 2 into it, because that sucker hurt my poor little brain. It didn't even trade-in for much credit either! Argh...
But that isn't everything folks, no, no, no...
There are 2 Dysnasty Warriors games that I'd like to get my hands on, one of which is Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, and also Warriors Orochi, which is a mash up of both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. While these are both pretty much mindless hack and slashers, what can I say? Sometimes simple is good!
Oh and dare I forget to mention Beautiful Katamari, which I guess you could say is another simple game. But again, I was pretty hooked with the previous 2 games of Katamari and the thought of it coming to XBox 360 leaves me with dreams of rolling up even more Japanese people and everything in between...
And of course there is Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, which looks to be a lot of fun (even more so now that I am familiar with the story). I mean the promise of open environments and the story will cover episodes 1-80 should make for a pretty good game in my book.
On the other hand, however, it would be pretty disappointing if the game is dragged out in the way the anime is. If the story is paced more as it was with the Manga, then that should be a fairly well paced story/game (which is what I am hoping for).
I shall even mention Guitar Hero 3, though any further thought into this and I'm afraid my hands will fall off. How people can play this game so well is clearly beyond me, the king of easy mode... lol....
OK, so I am a terrible player when it came down to Guitar Hero, but it is still fun no less! So what if my mind can keep up with the various colored buttons on the screen, but my hands cannot?
This next game I am about to mention is the nightmare of my girlfriend...
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.
She hates these games with a passion, to put things out here lightly. She despises these games to the point that the mere mentioning of it will cause her eyes to roll and irritation levels to rise beyond anything Mother Nature can cause. Why does she hate this series so?
Err... well, I did play SD vs Raw 2006 for well over a year and the same can be said for WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes The Pain. I even dodged the newer ones just to keep playing the same old games. Maybe that did it?
Wrestling games themselves isn't what draws and keeps me playing, it is the create-a-wrestler feature that does it for me. I have literally spent years just creating and changing my very own army of wrestlers, to the point where I have regulars that I've made in each game that I've played.
One gripe with wrestling games these days though, is it seems as though as the create-a-wrestler feature is getting shallow. By that I mean the options to which is available to a player looks to be thinning out, which is unfortunate. I can only hope SD vs. Raw 08 actually improves, rather then takes 3 steps back.
Well this post is pretty short and it even is beginning to sound like a Christmas list (hint, hint!) to no one in particular, unless you live with me.... Nah, I'm just kidding.
Sort of.
But really, I feel myself losing a lot of weight in the coming months and keeping it off, considering the amount of cash that will be dropped to pick up these games. What? Outside world? What ever in the world might that be?
Then again, I'll likely dodge a game or three from what was listed above. I mean, they all can't be that great. Can they? Anyway, I'll hopefully sort my brains out in the coming months to pick which of these are actually worth picking up and which aren't. With my luck, I'm sure to pick up at least one stinker that will flat out suck.
Yay... *sigh*
Yes, there is Halo 3 (need I say more?) on the way next month, which I think it is fair to say it has developed a decent amount of hype...
Another game worth mentioning, especially since RPGs are so few on the 360, is Eternal Sonata. Music + RPG = Uncertainty, at least in my own mind anyway. I played an RPG on PS2 some years ago that was centered around music. Needless to say, I don't remember putting much more then an hour or 2 into it, because that sucker hurt my poor little brain. It didn't even trade-in for much credit either! Argh...
But that isn't everything folks, no, no, no...
There are 2 Dysnasty Warriors games that I'd like to get my hands on, one of which is Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, and also Warriors Orochi, which is a mash up of both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. While these are both pretty much mindless hack and slashers, what can I say? Sometimes simple is good!
Oh and dare I forget to mention Beautiful Katamari, which I guess you could say is another simple game. But again, I was pretty hooked with the previous 2 games of Katamari and the thought of it coming to XBox 360 leaves me with dreams of rolling up even more Japanese people and everything in between...
And of course there is Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, which looks to be a lot of fun (even more so now that I am familiar with the story). I mean the promise of open environments and the story will cover episodes 1-80 should make for a pretty good game in my book.
On the other hand, however, it would be pretty disappointing if the game is dragged out in the way the anime is. If the story is paced more as it was with the Manga, then that should be a fairly well paced story/game (which is what I am hoping for).
I shall even mention Guitar Hero 3, though any further thought into this and I'm afraid my hands will fall off. How people can play this game so well is clearly beyond me, the king of easy mode... lol....
OK, so I am a terrible player when it came down to Guitar Hero, but it is still fun no less! So what if my mind can keep up with the various colored buttons on the screen, but my hands cannot?
This next game I am about to mention is the nightmare of my girlfriend...
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.
She hates these games with a passion, to put things out here lightly. She despises these games to the point that the mere mentioning of it will cause her eyes to roll and irritation levels to rise beyond anything Mother Nature can cause. Why does she hate this series so?
Err... well, I did play SD vs Raw 2006 for well over a year and the same can be said for WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes The Pain. I even dodged the newer ones just to keep playing the same old games. Maybe that did it?
Wrestling games themselves isn't what draws and keeps me playing, it is the create-a-wrestler feature that does it for me. I have literally spent years just creating and changing my very own army of wrestlers, to the point where I have regulars that I've made in each game that I've played.
One gripe with wrestling games these days though, is it seems as though as the create-a-wrestler feature is getting shallow. By that I mean the options to which is available to a player looks to be thinning out, which is unfortunate. I can only hope SD vs. Raw 08 actually improves, rather then takes 3 steps back.
Well this post is pretty short and it even is beginning to sound like a Christmas list (hint, hint!) to no one in particular, unless you live with me.... Nah, I'm just kidding.
Sort of.
But really, I feel myself losing a lot of weight in the coming months and keeping it off, considering the amount of cash that will be dropped to pick up these games. What? Outside world? What ever in the world might that be?
Then again, I'll likely dodge a game or three from what was listed above. I mean, they all can't be that great. Can they? Anyway, I'll hopefully sort my brains out in the coming months to pick which of these are actually worth picking up and which aren't. With my luck, I'm sure to pick up at least one stinker that will flat out suck.
Yay... *sigh*
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