I know it's been a while since I've updated, but I'm trying to put the finishing touches on the Sony E3 event. Since Nintendo's wasn't too big, I may just skip over there conference this year.

I would've been done a while back but now my whole schedule has been turned upside down and inside out. I'm hoping to try and get back into a pattern of normalcy, or something close to it. Tonight has been the first night I've had to really dedicate to writing in a while.

On the plus side, once I'm able to get back into doing this again, I've got some big things that I want to discuss, including the new expansion for WoW, and a new mobile game that is close to it. Hopefully everything will get settled soon, and I can focus on this and making videos as well.

I should have the Sony E3 post done by this weekend. I'll look over the Nintendo conference again, and then decide on that, and possibly post an update soon about Gamescom. I'm gonna try to not promise too much, before I know how things are gonna go, but that's what I'm shooting for. Hopefully I can get all that done.

Microsoft E3 2015: Halo 5, Forza 6, Gears 4, and more

There's going to be quite a bit here, so I'm going to try and keep everything short and sweet, to try and save time.

Halo 5: Guardians

The conference started off with a game play trailer. First thing I should mention is that this game looks great. The effects are just beautiful. I also noticed, for me at least, new enemy types. The trailer also seems to imply that either the Spartans or Master Chief are working with the Covenant.

In the game, you'll play with 2 groups of Spartans, either as Lock and his group, or the Chief and his group. I personally cannot wait to play this game. I also should note, that the multiplayer supports 24 people now, and they showed a map off as well. This is one game definitely on my radar.

Recore

This one is from Keiji Inafune. The concept seems to revolve around cores, which you use for your ai companions, and which you take from your enemies. Not sure if the ones you take are used to make new companion cores, or if there's just the one. We know there is a dog companion, and what appeared to be an ape companion as well. Hopefully we'll hear more on this game later.

Fallout 4

Pretty much the same from Bethesda's conference, but there was new news as well. Mods can be shared from PC to XBOX One. I would imagine it can go both ways, but it wasn't said, so it might not. Game still looks amazing.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

I liked the original one of this one, so it's good to see it get a sequel. The plants looked completely upgraded, almost futuristic in a sense. This game should be great, and I imagine there will be more on this game during EA's conference.

Forza 6

The first thing I noticed is just how good this game looks. The developer  on stage said that it is the biggest, most technically advanced, and best looking game they've ever built.

Personally, Forza just isn't my kind of game. I'm sure there's going to be more than enough for the players who do enjoy games like these. The reveal trailer also added that the game will have 24 car multiplayer, which I think will be great for people who enjoy these games.

Dark Souls 3

Nothing was said about this game, just a trailer. Most notable thing about it was what I'm almost positive is a boss that has the size of one of the colossi from Shadow of the Colossus. The graphics are great, which almost all of the games revealed so far have great graphics

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Tom Clancy's The Division

This game is an action rpg set in the Tom Clancy universe. It looks like a shooter to me more than anything, but there wasn't much to go on, other than the XBOX One has an exclusive beta trial. Hopefully, Ubisoft will reveal more in their conference.

Rainbow Six Siege

I actually read about this one a little while back, and this one should be pretty interesting. Choosing whether to attack or defend your objective and the various ways to do so, seems like an interesting twist, rather than the modes you see in most shooters that are essentially Team Deathmatch with an alternate way to win.

Something else to note, they're giving away Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2 with Siege for free. So essentially, you're getting 3 games for the price of one.

Gigantic

This game is 5v5 team action game, where heroes battle alongside a guardian in a fight for supremacy. The graphics are cartoony, but still look pretty good, kind of in a Windwaker way. I hadn't heard anything on this game, but it looks like it's worth a shot. I'll give it a try.

They only showed some quick videos of some indie games next, leading into some bigger indie games shown afterwards. I'll list all the ones shown in the video, the most part I've not seen or heard of any of them except for a few.

Cuphead

Rise & Shine

The Mean Green

The Flame in the Flood

Phantasmal: City of Darkness

The Solus Project

Westardo: Double Barreled

Sword Coast Legends

Outworld: The Adventurer Life Sim

Goat Simulator: Mmore Goatz Edition

Game 4

Below

ARK Survival Evolved

Recruits

Super Hot

Tacoma

There wasn't anything other than a video showing a part of this game, and really, there wasn't much to go on. The video doesn't show a whole lot, and there isn't anything at the site, other than the original video that was shown at E3. I haven't seen anything else on this game anywhere else either yet. If I find out anything else about this game, I'll make a post about it. Until then, there's really nothing I can say about it.

Ashen

This game looks like a co-op fantasy type game. It seems that there will be places where you will definitely need someone else to help you advance. Teamwork seems to be a key foundation of this game, and if done right, could be good. I don't like the faceless characters, and quite frankly think they're creepy, so maybe they'll do something about that. Otherwise, this looks like it could be an ok game.

Beyond Eyes

This game is about a girl named Rae, a 10 year old girl who lost her sight when she was a toddler to a fireworks accident that left her traumatized, fearing loud noises and public places. She prefers to spend time in her special garden, where she enjoys the smells and everything is nice. She has also befriended a stray cat she's named Nani. Rae gets the courage to leave the garden when Nani disappears. Even though everything's frightening and unfamiliar, Rae learns to overcome her fears and finds beauty and possible new friends outside her golden cage.

Cuphead

This game looks like an old Mickey Mouse cartoon, which is actually pretty freaking cool. From what I've read about the game, the concept is that the main characters, Cuphead and Mugman, gambled with the devil and lost, and now have to do his bidding. Everything about this game just looks amazing. I really want to play this game, and can't wait for it to come out.

Ion

The reveal trailer for this game didn't really show much of anything, and so far, I've not been able to find anything else out about this game. If I come across anything on this game, I'll post about it later, but for now, there's just not much to go on.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

There was a video shown of this game. So far it looks pretty good. I'm not sure what part of the game was shown but for what was shown, it looks really good so far. As for the gameplay, it looks a lot like the first one, which I started playing a little while ago, and have to say is pretty good too. If it's anything like the first, then it should be worth getting.

Rare Replay

This is essentially just a collection of Rare games, all together in one package. It should be pretty good, seeing that Rare has some of the best games ever made. The unfortunate part is that there won't be any Donkey King games in this.

Sea of Thieves

This looks to be an open world pirate multiplayer game, almost like an MMO. There was some interesting things at play here, such as making a player walk the plank, and the exploration. This game looks really good, and is up there on my list of games to play.

Fable Legends

The video of this game looks exactly like what you'd expect a Fable game to look like, which isn't exactly a bad thing. The game itself is supposed to be a 4 player co-op game, almost like the 4 on 1 type of game like Evolve, the last time I read about it. I'm a pretty big fan of the Fable series, so it should be interesting to see if this game can continue this series success.

Microsoft Hololens

This thing looks really freaking nice. If this does what was shown at E3, this thing will be amazing. There's not really anything else to say about it. You should watch it in action.

Gears of War 4

The video of this game looks pretty good. Everything about it has a Gears of War look to it, maybe a little darker. I know that was one thing being said is that it looked really dark. Personally, it looked pretty good to me. I didn't get to play the last one, but the rest of the series, I've played, and it's all been good, so here's to hoping that this one will be good as well.

And that does it for this years E3 for Microsoft. I'm gonna try to have Sony and Nintendo's E3 conferences posted up later this week, while also posting what my favorites of this years E3. Thanks for reading.

Bethesda E3:Doom, Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, and more

So, with the first conference of E3 happening tonight, with Bethesda, I checked it out and was impressed to say the least. So, I'm going to go over the stuff that was shown.

Doom- PS4, XBOX ONE, PC

So, to  this game looks amazing. The graphics, the effects, everything was just seamless, and done well. The death animations show off just how great this game looks. There's also a nice selection of weapons, my personal favorite in this reveal being the chainsaw, that were showcased as well.

Multiplayer was shown, as well as a modding tool called Doom Snapmap, which is to allow all players the ability to mod the game. According to the footage shown, new maps and modes are created with building block-like features, which should make multiplayer an even better experience.

I must say, I've never really been much of a Doom fan before. I liked the original, but never played 2, and just recently tried 3 and didn't care much for it. As for this one, so far, I'm interested in it.

Dishonored 2- PS4, XBOX ONE, PC

The reveal trailer starts off with a female assassin. This game will allow you to play as either male or female. The male character, Corvo Attono, is returning from the first game. The female assassin is Emily Kaldwin, who was a secondary character in the first game.

The character you choose to play will determine what powers and abilities you'll have available to you when you start you mission. We didn't get to see Corvo in the reveal, but it's assumed he's returning with the Blink power,

Instead, we got to see Emily's abilities, which include an ability to use a magical grappling hook to pull her to anywhere, and the ability to turn into a shadow and move along walls, an ability called "Shadow Walking" that was cut from the first game.

The game takes place in Karnaca, which is where Corvo is originally from. It is a city on the continent Serkonos, south of Dunwall, where the original takes place.

It's also the birthplace of Corvo, and the source of the "corrupted" Bone Charms- passive upgrade items that give both positive and negative effects, introduced in The Knife of Dunwall DLC.

This game looks to be interesting, and makes me want to pick up the first one and give it a try. If I do, I'll post a review of it.

Fallout 4- PS4, XBOX ONE, PC

First thing I want to say, is that I definitely want the collectors edition. I would love to get one of those Pip-Boy's. Anyways, to the game.

The game starts out just before the apocalypse. It's a nice, sunny day outside, kind if like late spring, early summer. This is where you build your character, while looking into the bathroom mirror while your significant other looks on. You have the option to play as male or female, and for the first time in the series, your character has a voice all their own.

The majority of the game takes place 200 years later. You can get a dog companion early on in the game. The game takes place in Boston, and is one of the developers biggest yet.

Players can explore, complete quests, and visit towns, standard in most RPG's, but Fallout 4 also gives you the ability to build your own homestead. You can scavenge wood, metal, and other materials to build houses, starting out with just some small shacks, but eventually kitting out your new settlements with color changing lights, guard towers, stalls for merchants, and sentry guns.

The more you build, the people will move in, and the more likely you will be a target of a raider attack. You can also build your own weapons and armor as well. And all of this is optional, if say, you want to focus on just the story.

The Pip-Boy also has some new features, for instance, you can play "game tapes". Essentially it lets you play games like Donkey Kong, but with a Fallout skin, which should be interesting.

There will also be a mobile app, that turns your mobile phone into a Pip-Boy. If you order the collectors edition, you get an actual Pip-Boy, which you can put your phone in to make it a real Pip-Boy(and just saying that makes me think if Pinocchio).

This game looks great, and I can't wait to get it. Definitely gonna have to save up for the collectors edition though. Speaking of mobile apps though........

Fallout Shelter- iOS

So, this is apparently a brand new game, from the same group making Fallout 4. In the game, you make your own vault, in which you're the overseer of.

As the overseer, it is your job to maintain the vault, and keep your residents happy. Residents are able to perform various activities, and reproduce to make new residents. Parts of the shelter serve various purposes meant to help you grow your underground community.

The characters in the game are based off the Pip-Boy characters in the Fallout series. The game looks like a mix of SimTower and the base management section in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to try this game out, at least not at present time. I don't have an iOS device, and don't know if there are plans to bring the game to android or not yet. If they do, I'll give it a try and post a review on it then.

 
Battlecry-PC

This is a competitive third person multiplayer game that is free2play as well. You get to choose your warrior, each with a distinctive suite of attacks and abilities from one of the several factions of diverse parts of the world.

The reveal video didn't really impress me too much. In fact, it was probably the low point of Bethesda's conference. The game just seemed like it was way too slow, which I guess in a melee type game, it needs to be, but it just didn't seem good to me.

The Elder Scrolls: Legends-iOS, PC

This looks to be Bethesda's attempt to get into the strategy card game market that Blizzard got into with Hearthstone. Honestly, I like the Elder Scrolls series, it's one of my favorite RPG series out there. But I don't think they have enough for this game to be popular.

I'm all for having more games like Hearthstone, so I'll most definitely give it a chance, if it comes to Android. I just wished they'd shown some gameplay footage of it as well.

That's it for Bethesda's E3 conference. I'm looking at the schedule and I noticed I'm going to be busy while one of the conferences are going, so I'll have to catch up to it later, and then post tomorrow night. Let's see what all gets revealed tomorrow.

Plans on E3

I know that coming up soon will be E3, so I wanted to go on ahead and give some insight into what I'll be doing this year, as it'll be my first year covering it.

Hopefully, the plan is to have something posted every night, on what all was shown that day. Things can change, though, so there is no guarantee I can cover every day, nor post every night. I will try to, but this is really the first time I've ever tried doing this, so please do bear with me on it.

Hopefully, we'll see some good stuff coming out of E3 this year, enough to make the rest of the year interesting and exciting. For me, Black Ops 3, Magic Duels:Origins, Dragon Quest Heroes(which I should have a post up on soon), and Adr1ft are already on my radar, so it should be fun to see what else is coming this year and in the future.

Magic Duels: Origins preview

As I stated in my Hearthstone review, I'm a big fan of the Magic the Gathering tcg. I play FNM's almost every Friday night, and try to at least make the game day's and pre-releases, and have played in my fair share of IQ's, PTQ's, and grand prix's.

Admittedly, though, most of the digital versions of the game just never really interested me. Magic itself is a costly hobby, which I can barely afford now. So, trying to play both the physical card game, and Magic Online, was never feasible.

Magic Workstation is ok, in that it's better used for play testing new ideas, since you don't have to put money into it. Then there's this line of games. They're good games, but still require an investment, but unlike Magic Online, do nothing to help out your ratings.

Now, the first thing I should mention is the title. The series used to be Duels of the Planeswalkers. Wizards is retiring that series, and replacing it with this game, which is going to be a free-to-play, continually updated game.

This means now, we won't be having a shifting card pool and feature set every year. Your collection will be more permanent now, and you can obtain new up to date content as new sets come out. Also, Planeswalkers cards will be playable for the first time in the series.

Being f2p will allow players to potentially earn every card in the game without spending any real money, earning currency rewards for completing the story campaign, multiplayer matches, and daily/community events, in the same way that Hearthstone allows you to earn currency as well. One has to wonder though, if the currency will be easier, harder, or about the same to get as in Hearthstone.

One thing of note, is if you already have 4 if a card in your collection, additional copies of that card won't show up in additional boosters. This should make getting all the cards easier, and won't leave you with extras, so that's a plus.

With the new content model, you can expect updates to roll out around the same time a new set comes out. They will also line up with whatever the newest set that releases, so when Battle for Zendikar releases in the fall, you'll have a corresponding Battle for Zendikar content expansion for the game as well.

Along with the campaign, you'll have the opportunity to play against thousands of different decks in Solo Battle mode, and participate in up to four player multiplayer, including the return of 2v2 2 headed dragon, with new features expected to be added down the line. Could there be a possibility of doing drafts or sealed with this as well? That would be nice, but probably not something we'll know about until E3, or possibly later. The Solo Battle and Story modes can be played offline as well, so that is nice as well.

With the past releases, this game was always fun, but just fleeting, as each title would be inevitably forgotten and tossed to the wayside with each new release. With this new approach embracing longevity and the collection aspects, could it be possible that we'll start to see tournaments in the future?

This newest edition in this series is looking like a real winner, and is showing that it has the potential to grow into something bigger down the line. I'm excited and looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Chrono Trigger review

So, I said one of the things I'd wanted to do for a while, is do some retro reviews, so I really couldn't think of a better game to be the first one than the game I love the most, Chrono Trigger. I will discuss the 2 versions that I've played, the SNES and PS1 versions.

The game itself is hands down, one of the best rpg's ever. You'd be hard pressed to find an rpg player who doesn't like or love this game. This game, along with Final Fantasy 3, usually are at the top of a lot of rpg favorites lists, usually 1-2, with either one ahead of the other.

This games story is one of the best ever, and still holds up well today. I absolutely love the time traveling, the twists and turns, the backstory of the characters, and how they develop. The characters are memorable, and each one has it's own story arc that lets you get to know them. This is what made both this game, and Final Fantasy 3 so memorable. Getting to know these characters, and to care for them, is one of the better parts of theses games.

The graphics are great. Some of the best on the system, and they still hold up today, and even look better than some games today. The sprites are crisp, and clean, and everything just looks beautiful.

And the music? Listen to the soundtrack and tell me it's not some of the best music ever. I could listen to this games soundtrack for days. It really is that good. Final Fantasy always has good music, but in my opinion, the music in Chrono Trigger is better than Final Fantasy, but again, that's just my opinion.

I also love some of the things introduced in this game. Dual techs, and triple techs, magic abilities using either 2 or 3 characters, are some of the best abilities I've seen. I also love the New Game+ option as well. It allowed you to check out the alternate endings in the game, in which the original had 12, that I remember. The endings themselves were also brilliant and finding them was another part of the game that was great.

To be honest, there's absolutely nothing about the game that I can say that I dislike. The PS1 version though, brought some new things to the game, like cut scenes, but is generally considered the worst version of the game, simply because of the loading. Every battle causes the game to pause and load, which for me was pretty unbearable. The original had minimal loading, but the PS1 version literally made it unbearable. So really, there's nothing really wrong with the game, just the system it was on.

This is hands down one of the greatest rpg's ever made. Really, the only problem this game has ever really had, was more to do with the system it was on, rather than the game itself. Outside that, this is by far one of the best rpg's ever, and one of the best games ever made.

Small update

It's been a little while since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd post an update.

I'm getting some things set up to try and make some videos again. Not sure if it'll work or not, so keep an eye out on the YouTube channel.

Also, I've been playing around with some older games, as well as Hearthstone. Needing to replace the hard drive for the 360, which hopefully will be here next week.

Until then, I'm gonna try to do some reviews and previews a little more frequently. I'm not gonna lie, I do get caught up in the day to day and forget things, but I will try to make at least 2 posts a week, maybe 3 if I have the time.

Anyway, hope I can bring some news on some games that'll interest everyone, and thanks for reading.