A blog about my videogaming predictions and views.

• 5Oct 09

  Is She in Mass Effect 2?

  The developers of Mass Effect 2 have stressed all along that your decisions in Mass Effect matter and will carry over to the sequel. For example if you killed Wrex then he's dead for good. If you treated Joker poorly, that may come back to haunt you. So here's something that shocked me; I was playing the Bring Down the Sky DLC and at the end I [spoiler] decided to let Balak live in return for the chance to save Kate Bowman. After I disabled the bombs and opened the cell that she was held in, the game snapped to a conversation. In it Kate told Shepard that she couldn't believe he would let Balak go in order to save her. And then it happened; the Love theme played in the background. I thought something would happen. After all, the only other time I heard it was with Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams. Instead though, Kate opted out of the conversation to tend to her wounded brother. So I wondered; is that something that they will expand upon in Mass Effect 2? They definitely had something going on there.

  

  Will she be in Mass Effect 2?

  • Posted Oct 5, 2009 8:19 pm GMT
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• 24Sep 09

  Forza 3 Demo

  What would you do when the biggest racing game of the year comes out with a demo? I did what any sensible person would do and downloaded the Forza 3 demo from XBL. Having played a few races, I'm not sold. I remember now why I didn't preorder it, or buy Forza 2 for that matter; the game is just too realistic. It's fun to flip opponent's cars, but that's about all there is for me to do. Those crashes show off the new and improved damage modeling system in which cars can be flipped in a number of different (and fun) ways. I'm not that big on realistic racing games, they're just not as much fun for me as an arcade racer. Although a big factor in my dislike for it was the fact that I cant change the steering sensitivity (or at least that I'm aware of). That makes it hard for me to turn the wheel the right amount and thus I end up going off course all too often. But now that I think of it, the reason I'm going off course could be due to me staring at the amazing vistas. They're are drop dead gorgeous! It's the best scenery I've ever seen in a racing game!

  

  For those that are thinking about buying it though I have one question for you; do you like racing games? The game will certainly appeal to racing fanatics and is trying to appeal to the casual gamer by having multiple difficulty settings. Nearly everything can be turned on or off; everything from guiding lines and auto braking to Anti Lock Brakes. This makes the game accessible to the casual gamer who just wants to play a quick race here and there. So if you like racing sims then Forza 3 is for you, otherwise pick up a copy of Dirt 2, or Split Second.

  

  • Posted Sep 24, 2009 8:53 pm GMT
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• 21Sep 09

  School's Been Hard

  Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't blogged in a while! Wow! It's been two weeks since my last blog! I've been bogged down with lots of school work. I haven't even had time to play any games during the school week. So here's something funny; my math teacher sounds just like an Elcor (well almost) and my Physics class is just like the one from the Dr. Pepper commercial. So yea, school is pretty boring, nothing really doing. I'm second guessing my idea to buy ODST and Forza 3 along with MW2 on Black Friday. I'm now thinking of getting ODST (only if my friends get it) MW2 (a definite) and Dragon Age Origins. The game looks pretty good and I must say I'm a big fan of BioWare RPGs. Other than that I've been just tracking the gaming industry and trying to find time to write some articles. I've been thinking about moving my blog to blogspot so I can earn a little something (or just writing there in addition). So, I'll let you know if I end up getting making a blog there.Will you follow me there?

  Recent Gaming: Not much. With the little (and I mean little) time I've had I've managed to play a little CoD4. I'm hoping to have some time to play some Runes of Magic and try the Elven Prophecy. But we will see; after all, school comes first. And the way it's looking, that's the only thing that's going on.

  • Posted Sep 21, 2009 6:43 pm GMT
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