Reistance 2...Chiamera don't deserve to live!

Welcome to the end of it all. Well that's what Resistance feels like. The game is packed with misery and pain with the fighting of the war against the Chiamera. The blood, the guts and the war are back. You are back again as Nathan Hale, with some help. Hale joins a team of super soldiers with the same side affects that Nathan Hale suffers from, or is powered by mostly. The game includes most the same guns from the first game, but with some new guns like the Marksman. A human made gun with armor piercing bullets. Also a grenade launcher that bullets burst into flames instead of an explosion. Not my favorite weapon of choice, but its a new weapon that's not from the last game. Resistance continues the death of human kind. But with some time there might be a possible chance for human kind.

After destroying the Central Chimera Tower in London in Resistance:Fall of Man, Nathan Hale is extracted by Black Ops soldiers and than sedated. Two years after the Tower in London is destroyed, in 1953 the Chiamera launch a full-scale invasion into the United States of America. The Chiamera wreck havoc through states like California, Idaho and Utah. It was sad when you watched the fall of Europe. But it hurts more when its your own home. Through the fire and flames Chiamera put up a fight that is almost too hard for Hale. Or is it?

What I enjoyed about this game was that the online was awesome. You could have up top 60 player battles. The weapons selection was always good. But also the plot usually kept me intrigued. But some reason this game didn't hit me as hard as the first. The first was so good. Maybe because it was one of the better exclusive PS3 had for a while. I might have expected more from the game. I mean the in game graphics were powerful and so were the cut scenes. If I was going to give the first game a rating it would easily get 4.5X points out of 5 just because how good it was when it first came out. This game, and even though I always push more to the PS3 side, isn't as good as I hoped it would. Like other games Gears of War was blown out by Gears of War 2 or God of War being beaten by God of War 2. Resistance 2 didn't pull it off like its predecessor. So for my final score I give Resistance 2 3.5X points out of 5.

-T

Resident Evil: Degeneration..An Xtreme First!

This is the first Xtreme Gaming Zone Movie Review. Not only does this movie deal with video games. It practically is. The movie is called Resident Evil: Degeneration (Shown Left) and it takes place one year after the events of Resident Evil 4 and 7 years after the Raccoon City incident which left the city in rubble. So this movie isn't for someone who has no idea about the game history. I haven't played all of the games but I have enjoyed and beaten a couple. I have also seen and own all the Resident Evil movies even though they might not be as accurate, but I do get the idea of the game and movie in general.

A short history of the Resident Evil franchise is based on a virus called the T-Virus which can change human and infect them turning them into "Zombie" like creatures. Over the games you reveal all the history of the company responsible of making the virus, The Umbrella Cooperation. After thought of it all being destroyed the movie starts off with a company called the WilPharma agency which is trying find a cure for the known virus. But they don't know is that they actually doing testing on the known T-Virus and G-Virus. Claire Redfield arrives at Harvardville Airport and on the time of arrival she shortly encounters a zombie. Well not a real one, but but a zombie masked man trying to protest the WilPharma company and the Senator who supports it Ron Davis. But short after a security guard attempts to arrest another person but to find out that the other man was truly infected. Than after more attacks and panic a plane crashes into the airport where all the occupants were already zombified.

As Claire runs away with a young girl she meets in the beginning and Senator Ron Davis the airport is put on lock down by the United States Marine Corps and local law enforcement. As two soldiers of the Special Teams Response team (Angela Miller and Greg Glenn) are sent in with returning character from past Resident Evil games, Leon S. Kennedy. They clear the way and save survivors including Claire. Upon escape Claire learns that the WilPharma company that she was fighting against has created a T-Virus vaccine that could have cured those who have died. Suddenly when trucks containing the vaccine are destroyed and belief of help is shot down the movie takes a few twists and turns.

Im not going spoil the whole movie. You gotta go watch it yourself. This moving had amazing CG graphics, one of the best I have seen. The storyline was a little confusing how T-virus got onto a plane and into the airport, but I could have missed the point. But the way how it felt like I was watching a cut scene from one of the Resident Evil games made the movie worth watching. Now it wasn't originally released in America, it came out in Japan first where it was shown all over, not like how it was over in America. But it was appreciated at most. The one thing that I usually don't enjoy from movies who are originally release in Japan is the voice over work was still a little shotty for a CG movie. It had good choice in voice actors but sometimes there words did not fit there facial expressions. But other than than the game had good story, okay voice acting and amazing graphics. So the final rating I give Resident Evil: Degeneration I give this movie 3.75X points out of 5. Not only is this the first Resident Evil movie made purley of CG to appear in America but this also the first ever Xtreme Gaming Zone movie review. Now that is pretty Xtreme!

-T

Kirby: Superstar Ultra....Yeah, I said Kirby

This might be the first game I have ever reviewed that wasn't actually for a 360, PS3 or PC. This game is for the Nintendo Ds and its called Kirby: Superstar Ultra. It is a remake of the original Kirby Superstar for the Super Nintendo system. I am not a big fan of the DS but the other night my little cousin came over and brought her DS with her. She had Kirby: Superstar Ultra and she wanted me to play. An hour later I was almost half way done in an hour of the game. It was actually really fun. I don't have a Nintendo DS but this game had a real good fun factor and it has a good replay factor. You start off running around and sucking up anything in your way. You can morph your Kirby into different specialties like cutter, freeze and more. As you beat chapter by chapter you can move on and do some other fun stuff like racing King DeDe in a who can run and eat the fastest. I love kicking his royal blank in a race.

With other cool features in the game like having a teamate help you after you use their powers plus more. Now that we get the jist of them game you can now go and understand why this game isn't pure amazing. The game can be beaten in a day. Less actually in maybe two to three hours. The graphics are good for the DS. But it felt pretty much like the old game. The game didn't feel to non original. It was practiacally like every other game. But it was enjoyable. For my final rating I give Kirby: Superstar Ultra 3.5X points out of 5X points. Not only is this game one of the better game for the Nintendo DS, buts it was the ninth best sellin DS game in Japan for the year of 2008. Also one of the better games to be released over in America. So you can see if you play this game why it is a great remake which the new gamers can learn a little of the past which was re-evolved for our next-gen systems.

-T

Crysis: Nanomachines are Awesome!

I like to start off this article by telling you something very important I learned from this game. Nanomachines are awesome! No, but seriously, I learned that even though this game that I'm reviewing wasn't on its best performance on my PC, but it was still a great game. This game is Crysis. There has been no computer that it could play on with it at its max graphics performance. Now I don't have a great PC for gaming so I played on Low graphic settings which was still looking like I was playing a game on the next gen consoles. Which was amazing! The details of the land was incredible. It was filled with colors and intricate details that made the environment one of the best parts of the game. The character detail wasn't that great on Low performance but I was playing on Low and it still looked good. So right off the bat of this review, if I was giving this game a review based on its graphics it would almost indefinably get 5 out of 5 X-Points. Crysis has over a million lines of code, 4GB of texture data, and 85,000 shades. Making it the most graphically demanding out for purchase.

Now this site isn't just about what the game looks like. Its about how the game feels and is it going to be enjoying to the player. The game takes place off with you skydiving over North Korea until you land. You are sent to end the North Korean from a secret project and to save hostages that they have taken. But with this sounding like a normal run and gun. You encounter a machine alien thing that rips up one of your teamates. So you are trying to discover what’s going on but with the help of nobody. The U.S. army doesn't let you know, your captain doesn't know and the Koreans have the slightest clue themselves. As you move on you face different challenges. You can be sneaky and cloak yourself. You can run around and take out your enemies with super speed. Or you can sneak up and use your strength power up and punch your enemies over a building. So you have many choices to kill your enemies. But a gun is usually a good choice. The amount of weapons at your disposal is a great part of this game. You can also customize every weapon except a rocket launcher. So the game is about what the player wants. You want a shotgun with a laser site and a sniper scope. Go right ahead. I don't know why I would do that but all I know is that you can and its sweet. Also you can play online vs. your friends with the same factors. So for my final review for this game, I give Crysis for the PC 4.5X points out of 5. Crysis came out November 7th, 2007 so go pick it up at your local game store.

-T

Mortal Kombat vs DC: Captain Marvel? Really??

Happy New Year! Hope all our readers don't have to much of a pain in their heads to read our newest article. So to start off our New Year we have the game that I didn't think would ever exist but thanks to all our creative video game creators there is this game. It is called Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. The Mortal Kombat series still lives on and I'm glad it does because I usually enjoy all the MK series games. But with a mix of DC characters? A twist that actually succeeded. I have been waiting along time to kick the crap out of alot of DC characters. I enjoy spearing The Flash and than setting him on fire while hitting him with a 3-Punch combo.


The game has two campaigns that are in the game are both similar. There is arcade mode of course and the all practical but most enjoying versus mode. With the new features like online mode and some other stuff. The story in the game has to deal with characters having rage problems and fighting each other. The two world are morphed together. There are new villains and hero's on both sides. But to know one's knowledge that it is controlled by DarkKohn. You can figure that out for yourself. What really made me mad was the fact that Quan Chi was in half the movies and you can't even play as him. Maybe he is a secret unlockable but I haven't seen or heard anything yet.



Now this game isn't amazing. There are some missing characters who should made the game. The roster is small. The unlockable items are measly. Graphic are good and so are the martial art moves. But it needs more. The game has 1/3 the characters that Mortal Kombat: Armaggedon had. The Mortal Kombat side is missing Kung Lao, Melina, Quan Chi, Reptile, and other characters. What about DC also. Three of there characters where from the Batman series. You need Green Arrow, Robin or Nightwing, some more villains of some sort. Maybe if they make another game it might actually have a large enough roster. For my final score I give Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe 3.5X points out of five. Its a good game but not close to crossovers like Capcom vs SNK and the amazing Marvel vs. Capcom series. But its still a good thought.

-T