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Game Console Concept

I recently came across game console concepts. Some I remember and was horrified by them, others I never even seen before and think, "Thank goodness that didn't get made".

Here are a few examples of some of those concepts.

NHL 10 EA Demo

I"m not much of a sports fan. Don't like sport games, but hockey has always been a sport I watch every now and then and usually in the playoffs.

So I downloaded the demo, still getting used to the flick the right stick to shoot. There are alot of buttons commands and all I used was pass, shoot and check. There are tons of others.

In the demo they had create a player and team. That was fun, I made my guy and sent him out on the ice. What I noticed was that,"Why can't I switch guys?..oh wait, I can only control me?!.."

That was pretty cool. The arrow was telling me where I should be on the ice, has oppose to just skating all over the place. Setting up plays was fun and then I took a penalty and spent 2 min in the penalty box. That was funny. The demo was 5 min long and I spent 2 min in the box, actually sitting in the box and looking out watching my team play.

All I did while playing was just fooling around stuff. Which makes me wonder, when it came down to really start playing the game and winning, would the game still be fun?

I've debated about getting a hockey game for a few years now. Most games are fun with 2 players, but most of the time, I am by myself when I play, so I am skeptical. Also I don't enjoy competing online with people who do nothing but play that one game.

I enjoyed the demo, it was fun and still makes me wonder what to do, to get or not to get.

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ADDITION TO PACROID!

Its good to have different views about games. Someone who likes THESE types of games, someone who likes THOSE types of games. 3 different people who take different things from the same game. Always makes for great reading.

So Pacroid is proud to announce, the one, the only...ROOOOOCCCKKKKYY BAAAALLLLBOOO....oh wait....what?....................its not Rocky?!

Who the hell is it then?......Ian?!.............Ian who?!!!...............EXPLODING IAN!!!!!!
Ian who blows up in every game?? The same Ian who lasted a whole 5 sec in Conan before dieing?!
Ian who gets stuck against a wall in GTA?

Are you sure its safe?!..............well then.

Pacroid hesitantly introduces....IAN!!!!!!!!Yaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

I look forward to the exploding adventures of Ian and his views on games.
Welcome Dear Sir!

Good Postings!!!

Burn Zombie Burn - Help!

What I dislike about MOST, not all help guides online, especially videos. Is that, yes, they show you that THEY can do what you are having problems with. Most of the time they leave out the details of what they are doing, exact button presses, finger flicks, timing, etc. So I am going to give tiny details that WILL help you get further in Burn Zombie Burn.

This game is great to play mindlessly, but when you want to start doing the challenges and get the developers scores, this game kicks your ass. There are videos online that can assist you, but don't tell you all the details of what you should be doing. So I will post the videos and along with these tips. You will see your score shoot from 50,000 to 5,000,000 in one play through.

Yes they tell you that you get more points by lighting them on fire. But what I didn't know is that you can run through the zombies with the flame and not get hurt(MOST OF THE TIME).

TIP 1: While you are running through the zombies with your torch, don't hold L1 or L2. The buttons you use to lock on to enemies. Other wise you will be running through a group of baddies and you will lock on to a guy behind you while running forward and get hit.

Instead, run forward and just hold your torch forward, most zombies will will turn away from you , allowing you free space to run, even though you will be smack in the middle of the group.

RUN FORWARD WHILE HOLDING TORCH FORWARD. DON"T HOLD L1 or L2

TIP 2: The exploding zombies with the lights on their heads. I thought that if I got a bunch of them together around a large group of zombies, they would take them out and I get a shit load of points.

While yes, they kill them, they don't give you the precious points you want. The exploded zombies will still drop items from their death. But they won't give you the points.

So at all cost, only if your trapped, try not to (and yes its hard to TRY) Not to kill the guys with lights on their heads near a group of zombies when trying to get points.

TIP 3: The hardest one for me to get, even the bronze medal. Was protect Daisy, I hate protecting anything in any game. I'm useless has tits on a bull at this kinda shit.

I could only get 30- 40,000 a time on this. And the damn bronze was 250,000, it seemed impossible. But the video that the developers did, does a great job of showing how its done. The only thing that seems different in my game and the video they show. In my game, the zombies still try to attack me just has much has they try and attack Daisy. Why is this? I don't know.

Anyway, they show using all kinds of weapons. While the chainsaw seemed to be the most effective weapon in the protecting missions. When I used other weapons I seemed to die alot faster.

STICK TO THE CHAINSAW FOR THE PROTECT DAISY

TIP 4: I thought dynamite was a good idea to protect daisy, kill alot of zombies on fire and get points and items. WRONG!!!!

Make sure Daisy is not in the radius of your Explosives. I ended up killing her myself by placing bombs all around her and waiting for zombies to fill the void. Daisy doesn't take well to being blown up.

TIP 5: LITE EVERYTHING ON FIRE! Right from the start, lite things on fire, don't waste time shooting zombies with the regular gun. Lite them on fire and keep moving. This is the only way you will rack up points.

Only go for unlit zombies when you need life, don't worry about getting bombs. The odd unlit zombie will die in the group giving you that bomb.

TIP 6: Be patient. In order to get these highscores, you have to play it for quite some time. Don't rush the dieing of zombies, you can avoid them, with a little luck.The developer scores are nuts. I know having worked in the industry, that game testers sit all day and play the game, day in and day out. So they get quite good at it. To recreate there scores, I would have to give up my life.

That's about it. Stuff that you learn on your own and figure out from watching multiple videos and trial and error. I've owned this game for some time now and only now, am I really understanding how it works.

Hope this helps others with this game.

A Fight for Faith

I stole this from Josh on Facebook, (SLACK ASS, NOT POSTING ON HERE)

I don't know if this is real or fake, either way its still funny. From my understanding, its OK to kill people who disagree with your beliefs. Infact, when asked,"What do I do about people who don't believe the same things I do?"

The answer was 75% of the time, "Well, we kill them of course, its what God would want"

And to promote that idea, lets make a game about it.
I don't know, I'm just talking outta my ass......of course I believe what you believe....sure I do....just don't kill me.

DLC for Transformers 2

WHY!!!, Stop it...I don't want to buy this game!!! I don't want tooooo......But the DLC, ..the pretty G1 transformers, the pretty Ooptimus, the shiny Megatron...oh so shiny....Starscream , all looking like they just came out of the 1984 wrapper. so pretty.

This must be what a crack whore feels like when they need their next fix. I'll hold off has long has I can. But this new trailer is not helping at all. Its only a matter of time now.

The end is near.........sniff, sniff

But its the dread Activision, so I have to buy it second hand. Can I get DLC second hand?? POO on you Activision!

Video Games | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Exclusive DLC Launch Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Batman Arkham Asylum for $39.99$

So Breaking news for us Gamers. I little bird told me, lets call him, "LLiW" ( I know, not very subtle).

(EDIT)

So after I posted this, I got all kinds of feedback, and if there was one constant with all the feedback it was this. THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT!!

People saying this was planned, others saying it was a screw up on Wal-marts fault. Others saying its a price driving plan by Wal-mart to push the prices of its competitors. There's going to be lawsuits from the game developers, Its not just Wal-mart, other stores will be dropping the price, but Wal-mart started it. It was a miscommunication, the price drop is gonna be for a couple of days,etc.

Regardless, the game is gonna be 39.99$ for tomorrow. THAT MUCH I AM SURE OF, SO GO GET IT!!

Knock OFFS Reviewed.

After the last post about game system knock offs. I went on you tube to actually see these things in action. And they are mind blowing stuff, the best ones are this British guy who reviews the systems. Its very interesting and funny at the same time. Enjoy!

Knock OFFS

There are knock offs on just about everything out there. These items play off the stupidity/naivety of people and hype of a current item. So when the Nintendo Wii first came out and no body could get one, you have that parent who doesn't really know what they are getting, but they know its called, MI, MEE, WEE, WIZ, something like that, and this person HAS to get this system for his kid.

So for a small portion of people, they get duped into buying these systems. I would just like to see there faces when they give the PZ-3 to their kid, thinking all this while they got a great deal and bought a $600 machine for $150. Way to go Dad!!


The MiWi.

The Polystation 3
The PX-3600

Why I Went With Sony and not Microsoft.

Do I consider myself a fanboy? No, I like all the systems. When it comes down to it, I want to play games, so I will get the system to play the game.

But what started the whole process? Why did I get a PS3 when it first came out and not a 360?, Why didn't I pick up a Wii? One could argue it was too expensive to buy all 3 at once, which it was, would could argue about game selection, which there was, one could argue...well, you get the point, people argued.

But it comes down to it. THIS is the reason I got one over the other, its stupid simple.

Not because one has better graphics, not because one dies most of the time, not because the game library is better, not because one is cheaper.

I played the PS1 and PS2 for 10 years and I played the Xbox for 1 year when the new systems were released.

That's about it, I got a PS3 because I was familiar with Sony. I knew it better than Microsoft.

Yup, that's why. End of argument.

Shatter - PSN

So I got and finished Shatter which I got from the PSN. I wanted a game like this every since I seen snakeball, but people were telling me that snakeball was crap. So I saw shattered, heard a little good about it and got it.

Premise is simple, you got a ball that you bounce around and break bricks. Only this time around you can blow or suck the ball towards you or away. So it adds a nice new game mechanic to an otherwise old game mechanic.


I was really surprised that this is a fun little game. I turned it on and was just going to play it for 15 min but then 2 hrs later, I was trying to beat all the bosses. Yes, it has bosses to beat. I had a great time with this game , added the fact that it has leader boards so you can compare your scores to your buddies or some random loser who has 9 Quadbilldrillion points if you like that sorta thing.

It has 2 other modes, which is a bonus mode, where you have to see how long you can keep 3 balls going at once for 3 rounds. Get over 10 million and you get a nice little trophy. What sucks about this is, I got 10,600,000 points and got the trophy, but I was offline when I did get it. So when I went back online, it didn't upload my score, it still has the 9,800,000. So that's the score on the leader board. That sucks ballZ!! The big ones.


The other one is boss trial mode. See if you can beat all 10 bosses in under 10 min, you get a silver trophy. My current score is 23 min and change. This is nuts. The lowest I had on one of the bosses was 42 sec, the highest was the queen boss at 6 min and something. But if you look at the online leader boards, not many people have done this. This is just plain hard, and it should be a gold trophy, not a silver. Silvers are suppose to be doable. This game and SF4 are 2 games that got their trophy colors fucked.



So I really enjoy going back and playing it, if for nothing else but to see if I can beat the current leader on my friends list. Its some pretty good fun!

6.5/10

Why I don't want Capcom vs Marvel 2

So all this HoopBlah is out about Marvel vs Capcom 2 re-release with all new HD and online kickass mode. Don't get me wrong, I love Marvel vs Capcom 2, its a great game, I loved it.
But what was a big attraction for me on the PS2 version is gone in the new version. Sure its given a new look, new set up, and leader boards and it still has that stupid song in it, "GONNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE!!"

I'm sorry, I never liked that song, it seemed so wrong. Just like the SF4 song, whats wrong with people? People get to like it because they here constantly. You know what, that doesn't make it good song. The same thing happened to me in High school. My best friend would play these god awful country songs in his car and we would drive around on the weekends and listen to this horrible music over and over. You know what, if I hear one of those songs from his many mixed tapes, my brian goes,"yeah know, that's not half bad". I've been brainwashed!!!

So a little off topic! But one of the things I enjoyed doing in the Capcom series was unlocking all the characters and game art and extra colors, but now, its all done for you. So you can jump in and enjoy all the characters right away. Some love this, but for me....I enjoyed unlocking them.

The other big thing, its still the same game, the sprites are still the same, they still have the same moves, just HD. From what I've been hearing about online mode, only go on it, if you want to have your ass handed to you 40 times in a row. Talks that, its still better with a group of friends in a room.

Well you know what, I am perfectly happy with my PS2 copy, it plays on the PS3, it looks fine on the TV. Its not like I turn it on and I go,"GOOD GOD, that's horrible, I need to watch everything in HD because I am spoiled".

So I won't be buying the new version, I am happy with my old one. Thanks but no thanks!



This second video is what happens when normal people play online with hardcore people.

Stargate - SNES

This is gonna be all from what I remember when I was a kid. Nothing from what I think now and know now. Just to keep the memory pure.

Darryl THEN-The movie Stargate came out with Kick ass man, Kurt Russel. He's badass, Darryl NOW-He's still badass.
Darryl THEN-I played a few of the other movie tie in games like these and if I knew anything about these types of games. They are friggin hard. I played the Robocop, Demolition man, Judge Dread. They were all side scroller shooters. They were all stupid hard. It demanded countless hrs to know when badguys would pop out from where and hope you were fast enough to remember to kill the thing.

So mom got me Stargate, I think I even asked for it. Again I wasn't surprised that it was a run and gun sidescroller shooter. I enjoyed how all the levels of the game were straight from the movie. No deviation here, if it was in the movie, They somehow made a level out of it, and I was totally fine with that. Its what I wanted, Darryl NOW-(I was an idiot)



Darryl THEN- I especially enjoyed when I got to fly the super rad flying eagle ships. It wasn't too hard and it was fun mowing down all those Egyptian Aliens. I found I was going through the levels pretty fast and each time I get a little further. I was in the groove, I couldn't be killed, I'm gonna make it to the end. Even if I don't kill the boss, I made it there. I've never done that in most movie games. Darryl NOW - Good job retard.

Darryl THEN- All was going well until mom yells,"DAAAAARRRYLLL...GO OUTSIDE AND HELP YOUR FATHER SHOVEL THE DRIVEWAY!!"

Of course you pretend you don't hear her, so she yells it several more times. Until you've tested the limits of your parents vocal chords and she storms into the room.



MOM,"DIDN"T YOU HEAR ME?!"

Darryl,"Hear WHAT!?" (kids always play stupid, or at least I did)

So she yells at me to go outside and help dad. But I'm in the groove, I can't leave now. But of course you can't win here. So I pause and run outside to shovel 5 feet of snow from the drive way. All the while thinking, "yeah, remember now, jump, shoot, duck, jump, duck, shoot"
Keep going over what I did, again and again, stay focused, even if I am moving snow from one area to another.

2 hrs later, all the snow is pushed from one area to another. I rush back in and start again, but its too late, I've lost the groove and I go down in flames. It hurts, it hurts bad. Darryl Now- Pussy

Darryl THEN- I did finish the game on a different day, and I felt extremely proud of myself. Hey, look mom, I finished a game!!! She didn't care, was the driveway clear of snow?

Darryl NOW - I haven't played this game since back then. It had the feeling of its too hard to want to go back to play again or at least I think its too hard. Maybe I will go back and play it sometime and have all my memories destroyed. Perhaps its super simple and all the replaying does is make me think I was a absolute moron when I was a kid.



Darryl THEN- The game is great, I beat it and I don't ever want to touch it again because its too hard, I can't believe I finished it.

Darryl NOW- I want to go replay the game again and ignore what farty Mc fart pants is saying there.

I love the cut scenes with Kurt Russel and that guy from Crash, I never remeber his name, just that he was in that fucked up movie. Something Spader, maybe, someone knows.

Resistance 2 Online Competitive UPDATE!

So, I am up to 3914. I want to post when I got over 4000, but I only play a little every second night or something. I am getting better per match, so now I can get between 14-20 kills per match. Usually a night ends with me having between 40-60 kills. Still slowly adding, but thats how its done.

DDR- making people angry through dance steps.... sort of

Ahhh misplaced anger can be a very entertaining thing for all of us. But let's be honest, we've all been there. The feeling of anger when Mario or Megaman doesn't make a jump or when some 12 year old kid is calling you a noob on Halo. The only difference is that rational people can put down the controller and back off for a second. I mean games are supposed to be fun right?

The below video is funny for numerous reasons.

1: This guy is playing Dance Dance Revolution.... a dancing game. A game where your supposed to "dance." But he plays on his computer with the keyboard.

2: If you notice right away there's a hole behind the monitor

3: He's very good at the game! I'd say he should take up piano and some anger management classes.

Demo's: Batman Arkham Asylum vs Alone in the Dark

Normally I take a demo for what it is, its a little version of the game that developers will hope make you want to buy the full game. Very rarely will a demo blow my mind, OMG!, I have to buy this now.

So last night I played 2 demos and each had the opposite effect on me. First I played the new Batman, Arkham Asylum demo. This game, I was probable going to pick up anyway, because I am a Batman fan and its not based off a movie and rushed out the door. My banker (if your reading this) told me that he got his hands on a early demo version of this and said that it wasn't great at all. Just an old mash button fighter. So I was very skeptical about the demo.

But, I"m sorry, I have to disagree". I loved the demo. I agree there arn't a ton of combos and there's one button for punching. But I do enjoy the counters and slides and cape whips. The grappling around the ceiling while bad guys freak out and look for you. Detective mode which shows all the stats of the enemies, nervous, calm, and my favorite, DEAD. Hanging upside down and grabbing guys and wrapping them up, it all felt very natural and fun.


I"m thinking we didn't play the same demo of the Batman game, cause I really enjoyed what I played. So much so, that this is one of the few, very few demos that sealed the deal and made me go, "I GOT to get this now". It was super fun, I loved the character cards, the 3D models section. I was really surprised, good surprised. I can't wait for this game now, even more than Marvel Alliance 2.

The second demo I played was Alone in the Dark. I know this game is old and got horrible reviews. But it was one of those games that always made me go, "Is it really that bad?!"
Plus I read a article saying that the PS3 version fixed alot of the bugs, camera issues, the batteries in the flash lite, new level, etc. It made it sound has if its the savior for this game.

And its super cheap at the stores, so I thought, maybe the demo will show me whats going on. If its bearable than I will pick it up. Good God, were they right about everything wrong in this game. If they fixed the camera, then I hate to see what it was like before. And getting batteries for the flash lite. Really, there's no inventory space to begin with, let alone filling up your pockets with batteries.

Its not just the camera, nothing feels smoothed out, the controls, how he moves, just feels clunky. And after just playing batman where I picked it for the first time and the controls were smooth. This was just horrible, going in and out of first person and 3rd person is just hectic in the heat of battle.Getting stuck in a corner, trying to turn and run, selecting a item to use, shooting. It all seemed/felt like shit, I couldn't believe how bad it was. The blinking thing in First person view, you have to blink to clear your eyes, that's just annoying!


I did like everything about the premise of the game. Grab this and combine with this to make that, dragging bodies into fires, the swinging weapons was cool, but again, super hard to control to be effective. The beginnings is there for a great game, they just put the steering wheel in the trunk and gave you a spoon to steer with.

So needless to say, after this demo, I WON'T be picking up this game, no matter how cheap it gets. I can't take the controls, if you want to get a sensation of this game. Put in your favourite game and sit in a swivel chair and spin around and have someone tug on your arms while you try and play it.

So, BATMAN-GOOD, ALONE IN THE DARK-BAD

Pacroid Shows Curtis How to Color

So I know this isn't game related, but its still fun. Its done by pacroid, I like games.

Toadstoole Been F'in Us from the Start

Do you remember how you felt when you got to the end of Mario and you just killed Bowser and you walked past the doorway and walked into the castle only to see a little mushroom guy. We really didn't think anything of it, just."Wow, I did it, I beat the dragon and saved this thing!!"

Only to feel all that hard work get flushed down the toilet when told that we didn't save the proper person. Then to find out that we would see this little arseole telling us 8 more times. Really, I didn't know his name, I didn't know Boswers name and didn't know how many levels there were. I just played it, so everytime it got to the end, I was so pleased with myself. Only to find out years later that, that little mushroom fuck was flipping us all off!!

Oh your dead little mushroom man, you and that stupid Dog, Murrahy!

G Force My Ass!

Its a well known fact that movie title games, GENERALLY are shit. Rushed and sloppy games that are made to feed movie hype.

I will never play most of these games and I'm damn well sure NOT going to play this piece of hooker flesh!The movies that these games are based off are even worse. Now am I to say that these movies are not made for adults, they are made for kids. So of course you won't like it on the same level that a child would, so its not fair to make those claims.


But having a kid, one thing I realize. Kids like 99.9 % of anything that's geared towards them, Good or Bad. So just because something is made FOR kids, does that mean I should just mindlessly show it/get it for the kid because, "well, its for kids, only my kid will enjoy this". Fuck NO!
There are some really good quality kid movies and kid games that are so much better than the everyday "WHATS HOT NOW" shit that the majority of parents buy into. So like movie games, BAD movie games that are based off kids movies, kids will always be attracted to this shit! Its up to the parents to tell the difference between quality and this weeks quantity piece of shit that some studio is trying to make a dollar off your kid.


If I gave into all the kid movies and direct to DVD crap that is out there. I'm sure I would have that stupid Chihuahua movie, with the Paris Hilton feel. The thought of these movies makes me ill. You want a good animal talking movie, then watch Babe, or Charlotte's Web, was there any game made from those movies?! Fuck no!


Now, I can't say much about the game, only from what I've heard and read. The general census on these games are always the same, its not bad, its not good, its repetitive, kids will like it. This formula is the same for all these types of games and they rarely change that. Kids just don't seem to warrant the effort to make a good movie game (this goes for all the IRONMAN, GIJOE, TRANSFORMERS too). If you want your kid to have some quality games, do a little research, its not hard. Just don't be a lazy ass and buy your kid the latest attachment from this weeks movie.


Just look at all the platforms this was released for. Especially when publishers say that its too much trouble to make both a PS3 and an Xbox of the same game. But yet they can hit every system with this crap.

Video Games | G-Force | Review HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Namco Museum Essentials - PSN

I love the old retro games. I have all of the PS2 titles and I fear that I will have to get them all again when they re-release them for the PS3. So when they released the Namco Museum Essentials for the PSN. My first response was, I already have those games and to pay $9.99 for 5 old retro games and 1 remake. It didn't seem worth it.

But I did break down and buy the package. Was it worth it? I think so, there are things that I don't like about it and other things which I think are pretty innovative.

For $10 you are getting Pacman, DigDug, Galaga, Xevious, Dragon Spirit and Xevious Resurrection, which is the remake. This really doesn't seem worth the cash for just 5 really really old games. But its what they add with it that kinda makes up for it.



For each game they offer stamps that you can collect. To collect these stamps, you have to do odd things in a game that you wouldn't do otherwise. Like in DigDug there is a stamp that you get by clearing the entire screen of all the dirt or finish a level without digging. In Pacman you can get one by getting 1600x2. That's eating a dot and getting all 4 ghost then eating another dot and eating all 4 ghost again. Its pretty challenging, but adds another element of gameplay to a game that really has been played to hell. Its those little challenges that I really like.

It has trophies, which are little icons of the game. They look pretty neat, especially for me who is a big retro gamer.

For those of you who like HOME, (god forgive you) all these stamps that you get gives you prizes that you can decorate your home with. So if you are big into home, lots of goodies are to be had.

An online leader board. Its cool to see how well you do compared to others who also like retro games. Really all it does it show me that I really suck compared to others who play all these games. When I say suck I mean the top score for Pacman is 3 million and something points. Compared to my 28,000 points. So I guess there's a strategy for Pacman that I am not aware of because I die alot in the 6th-8th levels. So I didn't know you could get scores that high.



All the games play really like the old games, horrible controls that make you want to rip your hair out, but really keeps authenticity to the games.

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I couldn't play 2 player on Pacman or Digdug. So I don't know if a second person can join in and play, which sucks. I really like the going back and fourth between players. Not play an entire game then the other person plays, that just feels wrong.


But the overall look of the package is great. I really enjoy the style and feel for it. I would like for a retro theme be put out for the PS3. I would actually pay for a theme like that. There is a RETRO theme out already, but its not what it seems. Its just green pixel theme.

So overall, I really enjoyed what I got and am looking forward to completing the task.I hope they come out with more DLC, more games that I can add on later on. That would be great news for old retro gamers like me.



So if you are a fan of retro games but arn't up for all the add ons, then just stick with your old cart. I mean I am not getting the Marvel vs Capcom 2 re-release becase I already have it on PS2. But I also have these games too, but I enjoy the extra stuff. So, if you like all the extras, then you will be happy. If its just the game that interest you,then you won't be bothered by all the new goodies.

7/10

This shows a exactly the beggining. I wouldn't have choose the remake has my first game to play, but that's just me.