Blitz: The League II...Kicks Madden right threw the GOAL POST!

What has our world come to? A football game with steroids, revealing cheerleaders, no rules and real painful injuries. This isn’t football. Madden is football. This is a different kind of sport. Its call Blitz: The League II. No rules, no fouls and no time to waste. This game is even better than the first one. It has more gore, more injuries, better graphics and even better gameplay. But what I enjoy most would be how they make the feel of a dark, lying and cheating league. Which is really actually parallel to the NFL but its just hid from us. Okay some stuff might be a little off. But with for examples like Mike Mexico a quarterback who is not in the league any more because of a "underground gambling operation" and has been sent to prison. Hmmmm..sounds kind of familiar?? What quarterback was locked up for an illegal gambling operation? Oh yeah, Michael Vick!

But other factors that were in the game, were actually hilarious, would be Frank Caliendo's impression of a famous sportscaster. Oh, how the rivalry has begun. I know there are a lot of Madden fans out there but I think people who are sick of the same game, same story would like to see the dark twist taken on football. Which would be Blitz: The League II. Also Jay Mohr voiced over for the agent of the main character of the game "Franchise". Lawrence Taylor returned to voice over Quentin Sands the recovering veteran who is placed on your franchise team. So a game with such talent behind it made this game worth wild.

The best part of this game would be the injury system. Okay, I did a clash tackle when I was first playing and I ruptured someone’s kidney. I remember the first Blitz where you did an injury and that was still a little painful to watch. But this game makes you want to look at the gruesome injuries and make you a little sick at the same time. Broken collarbones, ruptured body parts, broken forearms, hip pointers, concussions and more. It just got sicker and sicker as I played and it was awesome. I know that sounds pretty weird. But the realism of injuries and how gruesome they actually were, was incredible.

Now why would this game be better than the first Blitz? Or the predecessors before it? Simple...Its different. It’s not like Madden and it’s a bigger spin from the old N64 Blitz. It is like the first Blitz: The League but even better. Because it is more realistic than the first. I mean the amount of injuries could be a little too high. But the minigames on the sideline make either your player return for the better or come back into the game and suffer a worse injury. I enjoyed this game even more than I enjoyed the first Blitz: The League. I think it’s a better football game than any other out there. Madden has been coming out for years. It’s the same game! Blitz: just keeps changing and it totally for the better. So before I reviewed this the first Blitz: The League I gave it 3X Points. This time this Blitz is even better. So out of 5X Points I give Blitz: The League II 3.5X Points because it’s even better than the first game. So go pick up Blitz if you enjoy a game that kicks Madden right threw the field goal post. -T

November: THE BEST MONTH IN GAMING!!

Oh man..I can't wait till November. Maybe not because my wallet might be destroyed but the games that are going to be out are going to blow me away. There is so many different games that are amazing sequels. The first game I'm going to preview will be Left for Dead exclusively for the Xbox 360. It can be a single player game with three other computer players or a multi player game with four survivors controlled by either online or players on your console to fight zombies. Well not "zombies" but humans being infected by a "mysterious disease"...*cough* (resident evil!). So its not completely original. Nothing is really. But a four player game where you can work together and kill "zombies" with your friends? Now that's AWESOME!

(Need For Speed: Undercover and Left 4 Dead)


Now for some sequels. There are around 5 BIG sequels in November. Some that aren't so huge would be the new Need For Speed: Undercover the 12th installment of the franchise. Which should drive those NFS fans up the wall because of the new story and that is supposedly is better because you infiltrate the underground speed racing circuit. Another game would be Smackdown Vs Raw 09. Those wrestling fans this year are going to get an even better game than they have ever had. The customization and playable content just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Those TNA: Impact! fans are going to be crying after how good SVR 09. With a bigger roster and so much customization I'm proud to say that this game is going to be one of the best wrestling games ever to be made. Aldo you have games like Mortal Kombat vs DC, Endwar and Mirror's Edge which looks like to be other enjoying games.

(Smackdown vs Raw 09 and Call of Duty: World At War)


Now the three biggest sequels would be Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, and Call of Duty: World at War. Now lets start will Call of Duty. Modern Warfare was completely amazing. It was "modern" not in the past like the last previous games. Now this game could be either as good or even better than Call of Duty 4 or be such a flop that it might ruin the Call of Duty franchise. Now the two BIGGEST and EXCLUSIVE games coming out will be Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2. Both games are said to be amazing. There is so much to talk about both these games. Resistance has a regular campaign and up to an 8-Player campaign mode. Also online maps that can reach up to 60 players. With also new characters, weapons, enemies and better graphics why shouldn't the game kick more Chimera butt that the first game. Also you get to face a 300ft tall Chimera Leviathan...fun right?? Resistance comes out Nov.4...

(Reistance 2 and Gears of War 2)


Gears of War 2....the game already won awards and it hasn't even came out yet!! At E3it received best graphics and best shooter for a game showed at E3. With a new war and better graphics this game will defiantly kick some locust's right in the dome. With an upgraded online and a new intricate story. This game will be twice as good as the first game. Gears of War 2 comes out November 7, 2008. So my opinion is pick up Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead if you own a 360. Pick up Resistance and Call of Duty (for 360 also) for your PS3. Also some other games if you actually have time to play them. Now does everyone understand why this November 2008 is going to be the best month in gaming! -T

Rock Band 2...Oh how nothing has really changed? or did it??

Sorry for the late review...But I waited till October 20th to grab the PS3 copy of Rockband 2. So I already played it and I really haven't found any change at all. Except around all the original songs. What else does it include that actually makes it different?? The gameplay is the same. The graphics are a little better but still not a big change. The characte moidification were upped a some too. But no big changes. So why is this game worth buying? Its very simple...you enjoyed Rockband one. For around 60 bucks you get around 84 new songs that were not on the first game. So you think about it instead of buying songs for a dollar a piece your getting 84 and a new game with less glitches for 60 bucks. Which actually ins't a bad deal. I was just really interested in playing "Gettin Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed and "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park. So if you don't download songs for your rockband, my advice would to skip out on Rockband 2.

But suposebly by the Holiday season there should be around 500 song downloads. When I started my Rockband 2 game all my downloaded songs were already in the game? So I'm still trying to find out that 5$ fee. Plus instead of actually playing the game to unlock songs, I can use a cheat code and unlock all songs. So after 1 day of playing. I beat the game. Now I'm not saying cheat codes are bad. But now there is no point to even try to play this game if you have code that unlocks everything. Its cool that you can put your previous song downloads into the game. But if they did not the game still has a good music library. They have alot of songs that when you look at the title of the song you have no idea what song it is. But then you actually listen to it and there all these songs that you have heard playing other video games or from everywhere else. I can name 3 or 4 songs off the top of my head that I didn't know the title or the artist but I knew the song.

Now because this is a sequel, this game isn't going to reviewed the same. The original Rockband was amazing. But Rockband 2 is the same thing. Why should Rockband 2 get a rating that I would give Rockband 1. To let you know the original Rockband would get 4X points out of 5. This game would get 2.5X points out of 5 because it might be a great game to play and there might be a huge library. But nothing has changed. Look at the new Guitar Hero: World Tour. The previous Guitar Hero's might have not been as different than there predacessors but they completly changed for the new Guitar Hero: World Tour. So if you a Rockband fan go pick up the sequel for some new songs and some better graphics. Other than that you might as well just stick to the first Rockband if you save want to save some cash.

-T

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune...Kicks Indian Jones right in the Crystal Skull

People may ask..."Taylor why are you reviewing such an old game??" and my response would be fairly simple. Because its a game that is worth playing, buying, renting, watching, listening too, staring at, fighting for, running for an so much more. Have you ever played a game that felt more like a movie than a game. But it didn't suck. This game adds a factor that I haven't been interested in which would be the "adventure" game. I mean everygame has some kind of adventure factor. But it felt like an Indian Jones movie. The sad thing is this game was more realistic than the new Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Such a waste of...sorry off topic.

What does this game offer that might be different? How about the emense amount of detail in the environment that surrounds your character. Which the character is no other than Nathan Drake a treasure hunter who is set on finding "El Dorado". But as he gets mixed up in a weird love life and his best friend being killed and betraying him than actually saving him in the end for a giant twist to the plot. You have to go through fighting off treasure hunters who don't care about rules. They are ruthless hunters for profit, not for history. Well everyone in the game is about profit except some woman friend Drake befriends (I guess thats what you call it) during the game.

So after the story mode takes you on the roller coaster of treasure hunting you finally end up completing a journey so you can actually not be in debt by the people trying to kill you. But this enjoyable game has humerous moments, cheerful yet serious factor to the gameplay and some threatrical moments that make this game feel and play like your in a movie. One day I hope this game would be made into a blockbuster hit. But nothing feels better than playing in one. So for the final rating I give Uncharted: Drakes Fortune 4X Points out of 5. So if you own a PS3 or you know someone who does go buy this game or rent it because its deffinetly worth playing.


-T

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots...or what I like to call it...GUNS OF AMAZING!!

I might be a fan of the Metal Gear games. I also might have bought a PS3 just for this game in general. But this game is incredible. I know it came out a few months ago. But we have just put up this site and we wanted to put out some amazing games and games that are going to have sequels soon like Gears of War and Blitz for example. Now back to the game. Have you seen the graphics????? Best graphics I have ever seen on a game. The story is so intricate and if you never knew anything about Metal Gear storyline. Don't pick up this game. But if you are a fan or one of those extreme fans that dress up as Solid Snake at conventions you will love this game. The game comes with exuberant details. When you shoot, stab, punch, run...something must react. The systems for running and hiding are good. But one thing that I enjoyed very much was the weapon customization.

It was sweet changing a m16 into the ultimate killing machine. To put a scope, a laser, a flashlight and or a shotgun or grenade launcher placement onto it. This would help a lot in any kind of combat I was in. But there was only a few amount of customization after some gameplay. Also this game has character going all the way back to Metal Gear Solid for PS1. You have Meryl, Otacon, Eva, Liquid Snake, Revolver Ocelot, Vamp, Raiden and some new characters also. Now one of the new characters where the Beauty and The Beast unit. Raging Raven, Crying Wolf, Screaming Mantis and Laughing Octopus. Now if you know your Metal Gear history the 4 "bad guys" in Metal Gear Solid for PS1 where Physco Mantis, Raven, Sniper Wolf and Octopus. What a coincidence! Or Hideo Kojima would do this just to make a game more and more intricate. Supposedly there are more characters involved into these character than the first original 4 from Metal Gear Solid for PS1.

But what could go wrong with such amazing graphics, gameplay and the best thing...the story. The most complained factor which I didn't enjoy as much was the half an hour movies in the game. Don't get me wrong the graphics were sooooo amazing when you watched it. But they felt like they took up more time than me actually playing the game. Really though that is the only bad. Everything else was so worthy and enjoyable to place. Out of 5 Xtreme points this game gets the highest score I have ever given...5 Xtreme Points...because it is that good! That's a 5 out of 5 For Metal Gear 4: Guns Of The Patriots.

-T